Display device



Sept. 29, 1936. F. J; HINES DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Sept. 6, 1935 2Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR' Zumcd er.

ATTORNEY Sept. 29, 1936.

F. J. HINES DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Sept. 6, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNVENTORATTO NEY Patented Sept. 29, 1936 A UNITED/STATES.

2,056,067 DISPLAY DEVICE Francis J. Hines, Belmont, Mass.', assignor toGillette Safety Razor Company, Boston, Mas s., a corporation of DelawareApplication September 6, 1935, Serial No. 39,449

8 Claims. (01. 20 -79) advertised articles in convenient location for inspection and for easy removal in case of purchase. 10 For convenience inpreparing and distributing such a display stand the articles should bemaintained securely in orderly arrangement against accidentaldisplacement. It is further desirable that each article or packageshould be capable 5. of ready removal upon occasion and without thenecessity of breaking a seal or fastening device.

As an example of one field in which my invention is particularly usefulI would refer to small wrapped and sealed packages, such as packages 20.of safety razor blades. These usually are sealed in transparentwrappers of cellulose or the like through which the cover design of thepackage is visible. It is desirable that such packages should be mountedin a, display stand in a manner 25, which will preserve this wrapperintact. If it is, torn in removing the package from the stand theappearance of the package is impaired and the value of itsmoisture-proof seal is, sacrificed.

The problem is solved in accordance with my 30 invention byproviding adisplay stand comprising a body of sheet material folded into. doubleplyat its edge and having forwardly projecting package-retaining loops ofwhich one leg or end is formed by material folded forwardly from the 35rear ply of the body of the stand. Theloops may be of any size or shaperequired toaccommodate the particular article to be handled and it isbelieved that never before has material from a folded-back portion of adisplay stand been uti- 40 lized to form a portion of aforwardly-extending article-receiving receptacle.

Another feature of my invention consists in retaining means located atthe opposite ends of the line of packages presented by the display 45stand, for the purpose of maintaining them in place when the stand is intransit after it has been loaded with its charge of packages. As hereinshown tongues are arranged to engage positively opposite ends of theline of packages and 50 hold them in position against vertical orlongitudinal movement in the stand.

My invention includes within its scope the novel blank herein disclosedfrom which my improved display stand may be made by certain cutting and55 bending steps. The blank herein shown may be outlined from sheetmaterial and the articleretainin 1 ps..-definecl by slitt and scoring thblank whil the latter is ma n ain in fiat condition. As. herein shownthe blank comprises a central body portion with side wing portions .3which are set off by, scored lines. By disposing slits in the blank sothat they-are unsymmetrially inters cted, by he l es r d for definin thewings portions are secured in the blank which are later utilized as theoutstanding ends or legs of the article-retaining loops.

These and other features of the invention will be best understood andappreciated from the following description of a preferred embodimentthereof selected for purposes of illustration and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which,-

Fig. ,1 is a view of the empty display stand in front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding view in side elevation. Fig. 3 and Fig. t aresectional details on the lines 33 and 44 of Fig. 1. V .Fig. 5 is a Viewin front elevation of one of the individual packages. I

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view showing a portion of the stand withpackages in place, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the sheet blank fromwhich the stand is made.

The stand herein illustrated is'designed to contain and display tensmall packages such as the razor blade packets shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

For this purpose it is provided with a double row of vertically disposedreceptacles, each of which comprises asubstantially rectangular loop 20projecting forwardly upon the front surface of the stand as Shown inFig. 4. The lowermost receptacles at each side of the stand are providedwith a bottom supplied by a folded tongue 22.. Atthe upperend fgeach,row of receptacles isprovided a tongue 2| which projects forwardly asshown in Fig. 3 and prevents upward displacement of the row of packetsheld by the receptacles of the respective rows.

The stand is made preferably of sheet material such as cardboard from ablank of the character shown in Fig. 7. The blank comprises a centralbody portion In having a left wing II set off by a vertical scored lineI2, and a right wing l3 set off by a vertical scored line I 4. Thecentral body portion is projected upwardly into a central top portionl5. The blank is scored in the lines l2 and I4 so that the said wingsmay be subsequently folded rearwardly and into contact with the body ofthe blank, making it of double ply thickness.

At each side the central body In is provided with Cil a series ofhorizontal parallel slits l6 uniformly spaced and arranged so that theyintersect the scored lines I2 and I4 unsymmetrically, that is, perhapsfour-fifths of the length of the slits lying in the body portion Ill andthe remaining fifth in one of the wing portions. The ends of each pairof slits are connected by scored lines 11 and an intermediate scoredline I8 is provided in similar location to the lines I2 and I4 withreference to the inner ends of the slits. The body In of the blank isalso provided with a pair of U-shaped f. slits forming a tongue 2! aboveeach row of slits. Each wing is also provided with a downwardlyextending tongue 22 scored for folding in a manner which will bepresently described. i

In forming the display stand of Figs. 1 and 2 from the blank of Fig. 7the two wing portions l l and I3 are first folded rearwardly and thensecured in position by adhesive or otherwise against the back of thebody portion [0. The material between each pair of slits I6 is thenpulled forwardly to form a substantially rectangular loop 20. In thisoperation the outer end wall of each loop is supplied by materialformerly lying in one of the rearwardly folded wings and defined betweenthe slits IS and the scored lines M and II. The inner leg of each loopis supplied by material formerly lying in the body portion ID of theblank and defined by the scored lines I! and 13.

As herein shown the loops are substantially rectangular in outline andof the proper size to receive snugly one of the packages 25, although itwill be apparent that by suitably locating the slits I6 and the scoredlines I! and I8 loops or receptacles of any desired shape may beprovided in the stand. Having shaped the loops 20 in the manner abovedescribed, the tongues 22 are folded twice on the horizontal scoredlines so that they may be tucked inside the lowermost loops thusfurnishing a bottom portion for the lowermost indicated the stand may beshipped to the dealer" in a fully loaded condition since each row ofpackages is held in place by the bottom 22 of the lowermost receptacleand tongue 2| above the uppermost receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is,-

1. A display stand comprising a body of sheet material folded intodouble ply at its edge and having forwardly projecting rectangularloops, one end of each loop being formed by material folded forwardlyfrom the rear ply of the body of the stand.

2. A display stand comprising a body of sheet material having a foldededge and parallel slits extending through the folded edge definingmaterial which is forwardly deflected in the form of anarticle-receiving loop.

3. A display stand comprising a body of sheet materialfolded into doubleply and slashed unequal distances from the fold vertex upon oppositesides at its edges, the material between the slashes being drawnforwardly to present an article-receiving loop.

4'. A display stand comprising an edge-folded, double ply body of sheetmaterial, there being in said body pairs of parallel slits extendingtransversely from the fold vertex and defining material which isdisplaced from both plys of the body in the form of a rectangular loop.

5. A display stand comprising an elongated upright body of sheetmaterial having its side edges folded and being of double ply thickness,and a series of transverse article-receiving loops arranged at the sideedges of the stand and comprising in part'material'folded forwardly fromthe rearmost ply of the body.

6. A blank for a folded display stand, comprising a sheet having anelongated central portion and narrower side wings of equal width definedby parallel scored lines'in the blank upon opposite sides of the centralportion, and two series of pairs of parallel spaced slitsunsymmetrically intersectedby the scored lines which set off the sidewings from said central portion, the pairs defining material adapted tobe deflected out of the body of the blank to'form aseries of alignedarticle-receiving loops at both edges of the blank.

7. A display stand comprising an edge-folded, double-ply body of sheetmaterial, there being in the body several pairs of parallel slitsextending transversely from the fold vertex and defining material whichis displaced from both plys of the body in the form of rectangularloops, and an outstanding tongue located in line with the row of loopsthus formed and at each end of the row. 7

8. A display stand comprising an elongated upright body of sheetmaterial having its side edges folded and being of double-ply edgethickness, and aseries of transverse article-receiving loops arranged atthe side edges of the stand and comprising in part material folded atright angles to the body of the stand from both plies thereof.

FRANCIS J. HINES.

